mendicant

men·di·cant

M0215800 (mĕn′dĭ-kənt)adj.1. Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.2. Of or relating to religious orders whose members are forbidden to own property individually or in common and must work or beg for their livings.n.1. A beggar.2. A member of a mendicant order.

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[Middle English mendicaunt, from Latin mendīcāns, mendīcant-, present participle of mendīcāre, to beg, from mendīcus, needy, beggar, from mendum, physical defect.]

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men′di·can·cy, men·dic′i·ty (-dĭs′ĭ-tē) n.

mendicant

(ˈmɛndɪkənt) adj1. begging2. (Roman Catholic Church) (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance: mendicant friars. 3. characteristic of a beggarn4. (Roman Catholic Church) a mendicant friar5. a less common word for beggar[C16: from Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw] ˈmendicancy, mendicity n

men•di•cant

(ˈmɛn dɪ kənt)

adj. 1. begging; living on alms. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar. 3. of or pertaining to various religious orders, as the Dominicans or the Franciscans, that combine the monastic life with an active ministry in teaching or preaching and that originally owned neither personal nor community property, living chiefly on alms. n. 4. a person who lives by begging; beggar. 5. a mendicant friar. [1425–75; < Latin mendīcant-, s. of mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcāre to beg, derivative of mendīcus beggarly; see -ant] men′di•can•cy, men•dic′i•ty (-ˈdɪs ɪ ti) n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on almsfriarreligious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedienceCarmelite, White Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachersBlack Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preacher - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican orderFranciscan, Grey Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan orderAugustinian - a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
	2.	mendicant - a pauper who lives by begging beggarbeggarman - a man who is a beggarbeggarwoman - a woman who is a beggarcadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)panhandler - a beggar who approaches strangers asking for moneypauper - a person who is very poorsannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi - a Hindu religious mendicant
Adj.	1.	mendicant - practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"beseeching, imploring, pleading - begging

mendicant

adjective1. begging, sponging (informal), scrounging (informal), mooching (informal), cadging mendicant religious ordersnoun1. beggar, tramp, vagrant, bum (U.S. informal), pauper, hobo (U.S.), scrounger (informal), vagabond, sponger (informal) He had no fear that he would ever become a mendicant.

mendicant

nounOne who begs habitually or for a living:almsman, almswoman, beggar, cadger.Informal: panhandler.Slang: bummer, moocher.

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